rompu

Etymology

Borrowed from French rompu, past participle of rompre to break, Latin rumpō. See rupture.

Adjective

rompu (not comparable)

1. (heraldry) Broken, as an ordinary; cut off, or broken at the top, as a chevron, a bend, etc.

Verb

rompu

1. imperative of rompi

Verb

rompu m (feminine singular rompue, masculine plural rompus, feminine plural rompues)

1. past participle of rompre

Adjective

rompu (feminine singular rompue, masculine plural rompus, feminine plural rompues)

1. broken, exhausted, worn-out
2. (with the preposition à) practiced, skilled, experienced

   Je suis rompu à l'exercice, maintenant.

Further reading

• “rompu” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Anagrams

• promu

Etymology

From Middle Irish rempu, rempo, rempa, rompu, rompoibh, replacing earlier remaib, from Old Irish roaib.

Pronoun

rompu (emphatic rompusan)

1. third-person plural of roimh: before them

Etymology

From ro + a.

Pronoun

rompu

1. before them